Juris Corp

Metals and minerals, and real-estate service companies are among Juris Corp’s banking and finance clients. Jayesh H and Nand Gopal Anand, who joined in January 2017, lead a team with “very prompt and excellent service”, according to a client, complemented by a “good hold on recent change[s] in regulations and laws [and] open for discussion on new issues”. “Knowledgeable and prompt”, Saurabh Sharma is a name to note. Jeet Sen Gupta has left to lead Vertices Partners’s special situations and stressed assets team. Former practice head Veena Sivaramakrishnan has moved to a top-tier rival.

Excelling in the technical aspects of India’s debt capital markets, Juris Corp remains a highly recommended practice, led by market-leading lawyer Jayesh H and Shan Bottlewalla. “Their responsiveness and turnaround time is good,” says a client. When RBL Bank needed to enhance its competitive position in the derivatives industry, Bottlewalla—whose “practical approach and product knowledge” is praised by a client—updated its derivatives documentation. The team has also had a strong year in local-currency corporate bonds. Derivatives expert Nikita Chawla is a name to watch.

Practice head Avikshit Moral and Durgesh Khanapurkar of Juris Corp advised a private wealth manager on a property worth an estimated Rs6 billion. The complex matter involved a trust with no living trustees or legal beneficiaries. The team had to conduct a title search on the old property and design a solution to transfer the title to the heirs, who want to redevelop it.

Juris Corp has a solid corporate practice. Practice co-head Avikshit Moral advised French hair and beauty business Jean-Claude Biguine on its acquisition of Home Salon, driving the industry’s consolidation in India. Debanjan Banerjee, another leader of the team, represented a client in a $300 million, cross-border joint venture in the logistics parks industry. Jayesh H is another partner to note.

Juris Corp’s “service in litigation sector was good”, remarks a client. Sandeep Mahapatra, Durgesh Khanapurkar and Veena Sivaramakrishnan, who has since joined Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, represented a multinational bank before the Debt Recovery Tribunal in a Rs760 million cross-border dispute involving Singapore. “Extremely knowledgeable and good to interact with” H Jayesh, a restructuring market-leading lawyer, is also a name to note.

Juris Corp is “very strong in clearing house regulation”, according to a client. Veena Sivaramakrishnan, the former practice co-head, who has since left the firm, acted for a European bank about standardising its factoring documentation including its receivables purchase agreement and client assignment deed. A name to watch is Nikita Chawla, who has “excellent regulatory knowledge and superior client skills”.

Juris Corp is a recommended practice for its steady advice to private-equity investors and their targets. Abhinav Surana assisted an alternative asset management fund exit its investment worth Rs45 million in GET Water Solutions. Instructed by a healthcare technology company, Debanjan Banerjee acted on its equity sale to an investor. Market-leading lawyer Jayesh H has advised a group of clients in its near-Rs2 billion investment in NSL Group, an Indian industrial conglomerate.

Nand Gopal Anand, Jayesh H and Avikshit Moral head Juris Corp’s capable team, which has advised on innovative projects. Veena Sivaramakrishnan, who has since left the firm, conducted due diligence on a client’s 35 special purpose vehicles to manage road and other infrastructure projects. The information allowed the client to determine the amount of a common pool of security which could be used as a fundraising tool.